The MIDAS GUI is built around a Web interface. Hence the graphic control screen are accessed using a Web Browser. 
FireFox is the browser recommended. Tab and JavaScript must be enabled. Also some diagnostic screens need popups to be enabled for the data acquisition application.

In /MIDAS/Screen you will find a number of screen captures 

(1)   connect your browser to  localhost:8015    If you wish to use a browser running in a different system to that containing the data acquisition software (even your iPhone) then just replace localhost by the name of the data acquisition system. There is however just one session for each port (8015) and data acquisition system. 
   See ScreenA

The buttons are colour coded. 
   Green        important - must likely you will use these
   Blue         less important or less frequently used
   Orange       Rarely if ever used 
   Pink         All screens have a set of Pink buttons for optional functions

On each screen look for a "How to use this page" button in the lower right hand corner. These are coming to help you. 
Also some screens (for example the hardware module controls) have "What is this" buttons which explain the particular module register or feature. 

Notes on using the browser interface

(2) ScreenA    "CAEN Experimental Control"
    This starts ScreenB

(3) ScreenB    
    "User Guide" starts the web pages being written to guide you through the software. These pages are local to the server and do not require an internet connection
    Select "Hardware Control".  This starts ScreenC.

(4) ScreenC    "VME Configuration"
    This starts ScreenD
    You need to come here initially to setup the VME hardware configuration. See the section in the User Guide for further information and also the "How to use this page" button.

    There is an initial configuration:  to obtain  click on "Restore Configuration"
    The 3 modules used using testing of the software appear.
    The hardware access used VME bus A32 (rather than direct optical links). For initial testing it is recommended that you use VME access. The V1740 module should be set to 0x17400000   and the V1751 to 0x32100000.
    To load this configuration into the software click on "Activate Configuration"

(5) Go back to ScreenC and select "VME Save/Restore"
    This starts ScreenG
    Ensure that the module you are using (V1740 or V1751) is selected and that the Data Base Key is 2014Jul25-13.17.09
    Now click on "Restore Settings"

(6) Go back to ScreenC and select "CAEN V1751" or "CAEN V1740"
    This will start either ScreenE (V1740) or ScreenF (V1751)
    These screens allow you full access to all features of the module but you do need to known what you are doing!
    
(7) Go back to ScreenB and select "Data Acquisition Run Control"
    This starts ScreenH
    Click on the RESET button and wait until SETUP appears
    Now Click on SETUP and wait until GO appears
    Click on GO

(8) From ScreenH select "Data Acquisition Statistics"
    This starts ScreenI
    If you have data coming into the VME module hopefully you will see the Counters "V17XX events" and "V17XX data" incrementing.


(9) From ScreenB select "Histogram Browser"
    This starts ScreenK
    There is actually  not a lot to see here since the modules only generate waveform traces.

(10) From ScreenB select "Data Storage Control"
     This starts ScreenJ. Use the "How to use this page" button for information on what to do.
     

If you restart the HTTPD software during a session you will find that the browser contains a number of Tabs containing screens which are no longer known to the server. In this situation it is simplest if you close all the Tabs and restart from the base (ScreenA). If you find on clicking on a button to start a new screen (when that screen in fact already exists) that nothing happens then often you will find that retrying (click again on the button) will cause the Tab to open.